Page 104
“…Dr. Henry was sent for…”
See “In early June 1845…,” above.
Sims is the only source for this episode.
“…to look at a white man like that.”
Narrative of Horace Muse.
Perdue, C. L., Barden, T. E., & Phillips, R. K. (1997). Weevils in the wheat: Interviews with Virginia ex-slaves. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, p. 216.
Horace Muse
“…Dr. Sims returned to the plantation…”
See “…her value as a slave was ruined,” above.
“…ticking and mats and medicines.”
Narratives of Carrie Davis, Nicey Kinney, and Zenia Culp.
Library of Congress. (2018). Slave narratives: A folk history of slavery in the U.S., Alabama Narraties, Vol. 1, p. 106; Georgia Narratives, Vol. 3, p. 31; Arkansas Narratives, Vol. 2, p. 69.
“…the smell of gas and waste…”
Sims’s description of Anarcha leaves little doubt on this.
SIMS, J. Marion, (1885). The Story of my Life, ed. by H. Marion-Sims. D. Appleton & Co: New York, p. 240.
“…but flying ants, or snakes, or frogs…”
Narratives of “Aunt” Clussey (flying ants), Emmaline Heard (snakes), Estella Jones (frogs, turtles, snakes), Mary Kindred (thousand leg worms), Harriet Benton (ground puppies).
Library of Congress. (2018). Slave narratives: A folk history of slavery in the U.S.; Georgia Narratives, Vol. 3, pp. 156-57 (Heard); Vol. 4, pp. 277-78 (Jones).
Rawick, G. P., Hillegas, J., & Lawrence, K. (1978). The American slave: A composite autobiography: supplement, series 1. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Pub, Vol. 1, Alabama, p. 20 (Clussey); Vol. 3, Georgia, 52 (Benton); Series 2, Texas Narratives, Vol. 6, 2205 (Kindred).
“…sometimes terrible to each other…”
Narratives of John Spencer and Unidentified.
Perdue, C. L., Barden, T. E., & Phillips, R. K. (1997). Weevils in the wheat: Interviews with Virginia ex-slaves. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, p. 278.
Library of Congress. (2018). Slave narratives: A folk history of slavery in the U.S.; Georgia Narratives, Vol. 4, p. 279.
“…a hoodoo doctor, or a root worker…”
Narratives of Henry Barnes (hoodoo doctor), Unidentified (root worker), Henry Bobbit (free issue), George Conrad (two-headed slave), and La San Mire (traiteur/charmdoctor, originally from Louisiana).
Library of Congress. (2018). Slave narratives: A folk history of slavery in the U.S.; Alabama Narratives, Vol. 1, p. 23 (Barnes); Georgia Narratives, Vol. 4, p. 278 (Unidentified); North Carolina Narratives, Vol. 1, p. 122 (Bobbitt); Oklahoma Narratives, Vol. 1, p. 40 (Conrad); Texas Narratives, Vol. 3, p. 109 (Mire).
“…put them to dry…”
Unidentified.
Library of Congress. (2018). Slave narratives: A folk history of slavery in the U.S.; Georgia Narratives, Vol. 4, p. 278.
Unidentified